Activity Aide

Castle Healthcare•Fort Wayne, IN

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The Activity Aide assists with planning, implementing, and evaluating recreational, social, intellectual, emotional, and spiritual programs in accordance with residents’ assessments and care plans and as directed by supervisors. The role supports the Activities Department’s programs and quality assurance efforts, documents residents’ participation and responses, and helps create a warm, calm, and positive environment throughout the facility. The Activity Aide prepares and cleans activity areas, helps obtain department supplies and personal items for residents, and provides activities and individual visits to residents, including those who remain in their rooms. The position works with other facility departments and supports residents’ physical, social, and mental well-being while maintaining confidentiality and treating residents with dignity.

Requirements

Patience, tact, a cheerful disposition, and enthusiasm.
Willingness to work with residents according to their current maturity level.
Ability to read, write, speak, and understand English.
Ability to move intermittently throughout the workday.
Ability to cope with the mental and emotional stress of the position.
Ability to function independently and demonstrate flexibility and personal integrity.
Ability to work effectively with residents, personnel, and support agencies, including ill, disabled, elderly, emotionally upset, and sometimes hostile people.
Ability to push, pull, move, and/or lift at least 25 pounds to a height of at least 5 feet and carry or move it at least 50 feet.

Nice To Haves

Experience in a long-term care Activities Department is preferred.

Responsibilities

Assist in planning, developing, organizing, implementing, and evaluating activity programs and the Activities Department quality assurance program.
Observe residents’ attendance, mood, behavior, and involvement; note, report, and chart observations to evaluate activities and resident progress.
Ensure activity progress notes describe the services provided and residents’ responses.
Maintain good working relationships with other facility departments so activities can proceed without interruption.
Help create a warm, positive, and calm environment throughout the facility.
Prepare activity rooms and areas for scheduled programs and clean them after activities.
Recommend equipment and supply needs to the supervisor.
Follow residents’ care plans when providing daily activities.
Purchase department supplies, clothing, and personal items for residents.
Protect confidential resident-care information, follow facility reporting guidelines, and treat residents with dignity.
Oversee residents during scheduled activities to promote physical, social, and mental well-being, taking residents’ diagnoses and conditions into account.
Visit residents who remain in their rooms, write letters, run errands, and assist with crafts and projects as needed.
Assist with resident evacuation during emergencies when necessary.